Ingredients

1 DukesHill free range bronze turkey
 
40g butter for greasing - at room temperature
 
350g DukesHill Dry Cured Smoked Streaky bacon - around 16 rashers
 
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Christmas

Marcus Bean’s Turkey with Bacon Weave

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Get ready to elevate your holiday feast with Marcus Bean's show-stopping Turkey with Bacon Weave. This recipe brings together the rich flavours of the DukesHill free-range bronze turkey and the smoky goodness of DukesHill dry-cured streaky bacon in a beautiful bacon lattice that not only adds flavour but also keeps the turkey breast moist and succulent. With just a few simple ingredients and steps, you'll create a centerpiece that's as stunning as it is delicious.
Category Christmas
Prep Time 45 minutes

Directions

  1. Step 1 Unbox the turkey and set aside.

  1. Step 2 On a clean work surface, cut a large sheet of parchment paper.

  1. Step 3 Lay 8 pieces of streaky bacon next to each over to create a sheet of streaky bacon.

  1. Step 4 Fold back the tops of every other piece of streaky bacon, then getting some more streaky bacon, lay one strip across the bacon strips that haven’t been folded back.

  1. Step 5 Then, unfold the bacon over the top of the strip you have just laid, repeating this process until you have a large square of weaved smoked streaky bacon.

  1. Step 6 Rub the butter over the turkey breasts and down the sides.

  1. Step 7 Lift the parchment paper with the bacon and the turn it over the bird, placing the bacon weave onto the turkey breasts. Press down the bacon weave, then preheat the oven to 160c fan.

  1. Step 8 Cook the turkey depending on its size - it will need to reach 65c when probed with a thermometer. Then remove from the oven and allow to rest.

  1. Step 9 If the bacon gets crispy, or comes away from the turkey, but the turkey still hasn’t reached temperature, you can carefully remove the bacon weave, continue to cook the turkey, and add it back onto the turkey once removed from the oven and cooked thoroughly.